Hi Rathinasabapathy Ji. This is not Niligirianthus I presume because the flowers look very different. Next the mosses never flower because they are from the group of non- flowering plants the elongated reproduction structure visible is actually a sporophyte. You can check the life cycle of moss from the link below. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moss Thanks Tanay
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Rathinasabapathy Bhuvaragasamy < brspa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Pl. find the attached file contain photos for id. request. > > Looks like some species of Nilgirianthus? I am not sure. But experts can > confirm the id. > Moss flowering is there along the Managarai- Anaikatti Road. (SH 164) > Location: Anaikatti. > Date: 08.12.2011 > Habitat: Wild > Habit: shrub. > > Thanks > > B. Rathinasabapathy > Project Co-ordinator > Nilgiri Biosphere Nature Park > 1388, Avinashi Road > Peelamedu > Coimbatore-641004 > > <http://mail.google.com/subscribe.mhtml> > > > > -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/